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although the democrat leads mitch mcconnell by seven points with women, mcconnell's advantage is more pronounced. for whatevers nasty or positive reason they like mcconnell more than women like allison grimes. women often make up a larger percentage of the people who vote. think about that. can the gender gap save the senate for the democrats? larry sabateau from the center for politics. and stephanie shriak is president of emily's list. larry, i want your take on how it looks. >> i'm not ready to go there yechlt i have seen analyseses even today giving republicans enormous odds to take the senate. i don't see it that way. it's on the edge of the fence post. if republicans win the senate it will be by a seat or two. if democrats hold it, it will be either 51-49 or 50-50. >> yeah. i have been thinking a good night for the democrat is to lose five seats and get the senate. women. what bugs women even in a downer period of time when no one is particularly cheerful? why would women still vote against the republican challengers, against incumbents? >> like you said, women will decide the e
although the democrat leads mitch mcconnell by seven points with women, mcconnell's advantage is more pronounced. for whatevers nasty or positive reason they like mcconnell more than women like allison grimes. women often make up a larger percentage of the people who vote. think about that. can the gender gap save the senate for the democrats? larry sabateau from the center for politics. and stephanie shriak is president of emily's list. larry, i want your take on how it looks. >> i'm not...
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we're going to cut off the oxygen to mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell's biggest asset is the money. we're going to make it the biggest liability because we're going after these guys tooth and nail. >> there's a time and season for everything, and right now it's a season of war against a gop establishment. >> war. when asked about bannon's challenge to purify the party of nontrump sters and replace them with full-fledged trump sters, mcconnell has characterized it as a threat to a governing party, a governing majority. >> you have to make it a party of winners. we plan to protect our incumbents and help people get nominated who actually can win elections. >> well, there are new signs that mcconnell is trying to fight back. according to the washington post today, allies of senator mcconnell declared open warfare on wednesday against steve bannon. open warfare. a super pac aligned with mcconnell plans to attack bannon personally as it works to protect gop incumbents. the message bannon is toxic, stay away from him. here's steve law, the head of that super pac. >> our concern about stev
we're going to cut off the oxygen to mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell's biggest asset is the money. we're going to make it the biggest liability because we're going after these guys tooth and nail. >> there's a time and season for everything, and right now it's a season of war against a gop establishment. >> war. when asked about bannon's challenge to purify the party of nontrump sters and replace them with full-fledged trump sters, mcconnell has characterized it as a threat to a...
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mcconnell plans to rush this trial. you bet it. according to the resolution, mcconnell intends to cram 24 hours of arguments into two days. that's 12 hours a day per side here, rather than three days as was done during bill clinton's impeachment. while the time sergio garcia still fluid, opening arguments could conclude as early as this saturday which means that the vote on having witnesses testify under mcconnell's rules would come in the middle of next week. in another break with bres dent, the rules provided the evidence collected by the house won't be entered into the record until after that vote. in other words, until they do have a vote on whether to bring witnesses in. in a sharp rebuke to that idea by mcconnell, senate democratic leader chuck schumer said in a statement, senator mcconnell's resolution is nothing short of a national disgrace. mcconnell is saying he doesn't want to hear any of the existing evidence and he doesn't want to hear any new evidence. schumer is promising to force earlier votes right up front on whet
mcconnell plans to rush this trial. you bet it. according to the resolution, mcconnell intends to cram 24 hours of arguments into two days. that's 12 hours a day per side here, rather than three days as was done during bill clinton's impeachment. while the time sergio garcia still fluid, opening arguments could conclude as early as this saturday which means that the vote on having witnesses testify under mcconnell's rules would come in the middle of next week. in another break with bres dent,...
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mitch mcconnell is right. listen, if you're not a good candidate, then you don't get to make policy. to the earlier comment, all of the energy, all of the energy right now is in the left. the left cannot wait to vote in november of '18 and that left is a very multi-cultural issues. roy moore said god is in control. somebody said he didn't realize that tuesday night god was an african-american woman going into november of '18, republicans cannot hold a diverse constituency across the country. they're going to lose because of it. >> becoming a true i mean in politics, nothing motivates the base. kyle whitmire, ayesha moody and david jolly, thank you for joining all of us. president trump's feud with hillary clinton still going strong. we'll look at that straight ahead. this is "hardball" where the this is "hardball" where the action is. to activate my body release it, like it's supposed to. trulicity is not insulin. it comes in a once-weekly, truly easy-to-use pen. the pen where you don't have to see or handle a
mitch mcconnell is right. listen, if you're not a good candidate, then you don't get to make policy. to the earlier comment, all of the energy, all of the energy right now is in the left. the left cannot wait to vote in november of '18 and that left is a very multi-cultural issues. roy moore said god is in control. somebody said he didn't realize that tuesday night god was an african-american woman going into november of '18, republicans cannot hold a diverse constituency across the country....
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grimes against mcconnell. mcconnell has high unfavorables. the one person who does not have unfavorables yet, grimes. starting tomorrow. mitch mcconnell will tripe to drive those up. >> you saw. i can't quite remember. obviously every time you are in an election like this, you will see parties identify those in the opposition party who they think are least favorable. try how to run against them. when nancy pelosi was the stand in for every single member. running in the house or democarts. mub pubs are saying you are voting for nancy pelosi in swing districts. never seen it as aggressive. as mitch mcconnell going after barack obama in tonight's acceptance speech. he could barely bring himself to mention the name he was running against. >> i was in the room. i knew mitch mcconnell was tough. you knew the campaign would be directed against obama and harry reid. he was tough on him too. but it was just astonishing, time after time, after time. then what was interesting, was he was trying to -- turn his leadership into an asset as owe pezzed to th
grimes against mcconnell. mcconnell has high unfavorables. the one person who does not have unfavorables yet, grimes. starting tomorrow. mitch mcconnell will tripe to drive those up. >> you saw. i can't quite remember. obviously every time you are in an election like this, you will see parties identify those in the opposition party who they think are least favorable. try how to run against them. when nancy pelosi was the stand in for every single member. running in the house or democarts....
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mcconnell p mcconnell's just saying no and unless four or five republican senators, not two, not just collins and murkowski, but five go over to the other side and vote for witness and vote to change the rules to make it possible for democrats to get their way, none of this will happen. and i see absolutely no reason why whether or not it's a constitutional obligation, whether or not it makes the president look bad, the just security memos make him look bad, that this is going to go any way other than -- >> could you think of four republicans who plausibly in your mind could be persuaded to join the democrats on this? >> no. i can think of three conceivably. i could think of collins, murkowski and romney. i don't know who the fourth is and who the fifth is. the rule is you have to have a majority to write a rule, right, in this proceeding, which is where you can trip up -- where you can trip up mcconnell if he wants to have no witnesses. and, you know, democrats and liberals, they can scream until the cows come home this was a terrible hold up, but the clock was rushed by pelosi. the
mcconnell p mcconnell's just saying no and unless four or five republican senators, not two, not just collins and murkowski, but five go over to the other side and vote for witness and vote to change the rules to make it possible for democrats to get their way, none of this will happen. and i see absolutely no reason why whether or not it's a constitutional obligation, whether or not it makes the president look bad, the just security memos make him look bad, that this is going to go any way...
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showed up with the ambulance and i'm not a big fan of mcconnell. together they managed to avoid that disaster. let me put together what i heard you believe, simon, so we can cut to the chase tonight. the idea we're going to cut spending dramatically is absurd. we're going to increase spending dramatically is not going to happen. basically, let me cut to the chase. if were you the chinese government, a command society running this country right now. forget elections, forget politics, interest groups, and just wouldn't it be smart to shift a lot of the money going to entitlements to maintenance people, a little tough love. shift it into job production for the good of everybody. is that the right god-like thing to do or not? >> ideal thing to do but i don't think in your god-like world that's ultimately what's going to happen. so much of the economy is destroyed. you cannot escape the fact looking for long-term structure control say by the end of the decade, whether you like it or not, chris, you have to cut entitlements and you have to have revenue i
showed up with the ambulance and i'm not a big fan of mcconnell. together they managed to avoid that disaster. let me put together what i heard you believe, simon, so we can cut to the chase tonight. the idea we're going to cut spending dramatically is absurd. we're going to increase spending dramatically is not going to happen. basically, let me cut to the chase. if were you the chinese government, a command society running this country right now. forget elections, forget politics, interest...
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that seeks to retire mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell fails to realize it's labor that lifted millions out of poverty. as he says no to collecting poverty. as he says no to a living wage. you have someone who says right to work for less is just another name for union busting and i will have none of it. >> mcconnell may find that grimes isn't the same stump speaker who began the campaign with a hastily arranged press conference and who often sounded sdripted and uncertain when speaking. monday night she seemed more comfortable in the role and hit all of her lines. the race is virtually tied right now prmcconnell has just a one-point lead, which is nothing. anyway, let's go right now, casey, your thoughts. have you been watching allison grimes? has she improved on the stump? is that obviously and objectively true. >> it is. she's made marked improvements. that's an advantage. it's given her a lot of time to practice and get better. she faced criticism for not being ready for prime time. they restaged that announcement event
that seeks to retire mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell fails to realize it's labor that lifted millions out of poverty. as he says no to collecting poverty. as he says no to a living wage. you have someone who says right to work for less is just another name for union busting and i will have none of it. >> mcconnell may find that grimes isn't the same stump speaker who began the campaign with a hastily arranged press conference and who often sounded sdripted and uncertain when speaking....
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mitch mcconnell is from louisville. mitch mcconnell has never been well liked out in the state. i can tell you having spent five years in kentucky that ashley judd, for all of her hollywood ties, could out-country and out-kentucky mitch mcconnell in that state. at least that's what she could try to do. >> this is a little bit psychobabble but this is what we like to. alex wagner, imagine you're mitch mcconnell. he is a pro. he's very smart politically, very cagy, if you will. he's thinking right now, would he rather run against a no face boring guy from the locality, worked his way up as a local lawyer, whatever the typical candidate, or this wildcard? >> i think he'd rather run against the no face boring guy as you say, chris. if only because, as you pointed out, she's going to inject a ton of excitement. she has the eyeballs. there's going to be enthusiasm. she's going to have access to the ground game if the obama campaign infrastructure works with her on this. there are going to be high dollar donors who come into the race. it will be a high-profile race. mitch mcconnell wou
mitch mcconnell is from louisville. mitch mcconnell has never been well liked out in the state. i can tell you having spent five years in kentucky that ashley judd, for all of her hollywood ties, could out-country and out-kentucky mitch mcconnell in that state. at least that's what she could try to do. >> this is a little bit psychobabble but this is what we like to. alex wagner, imagine you're mitch mcconnell. he is a pro. he's very smart politically, very cagy, if you will. he's...
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. >> when's mitch mcconnell going to call him on this? >> he's in a tough spot. he has his own tea party challenger in kentucky. he has to watch his own back as well. i think eventually when it comes down to it at the eleventh hour, maybe the eleventh hour and 55th minute, mitch mcconnell will come in and say we have to cut a deal. that's the history with mcconnell. so that's what the white house is hoping for. that some sanity will prevail down the road eventually. but we're running out of time. >> this is not the way the american government has succeeded all these years. it would have been a dysfunction. this running one person -- i always wonder how the dallas cowboys became america's team. how does this guy become america's senator? >> i don't know. but the question about the demagogue, it may be that you need something like the debt ceiling to hit for that to end. >> demagoguery is a great way to get lights for awhile. thank you sam stein. >>> coming up, you're going want to stay tuned now for this. i'm about to play "hardball" with a fresh republican from m
. >> when's mitch mcconnell going to call him on this? >> he's in a tough spot. he has his own tea party challenger in kentucky. he has to watch his own back as well. i think eventually when it comes down to it at the eleventh hour, maybe the eleventh hour and 55th minute, mitch mcconnell will come in and say we have to cut a deal. that's the history with mcconnell. so that's what the white house is hoping for. that some sanity will prevail down the road eventually. but we're...
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, and mcconnell's hit back. let's watch the two of them go at it. >> mitch mcconnell and this permanent political class is the most corrupt and incompetent group of individuals in this country. >> we are declaring war on the republican establishment that does not back the agenda that donald trump ran on and the president of the united states. >> there's a time and season for everything. and right now it's a season of war against a gop establishment. >> you have to nominate people who can actually win because winners make policy and losers go home. >> what he's a specialist in is nominating people who lose. >> you know, i look at the costuming of mr. steve bannon. i want to have my friend here, who's very good at this -- first of all, he wears the army fatigue jacket. i don't think it's a barber jacket. i think it's army fatigues. he's sensing he's sort of a revolutionary. he's got that look. disheveled look. and then i shouldn't say it but the black shirt. but he did have it on. >> yeah. >> what do we make of al
, and mcconnell's hit back. let's watch the two of them go at it. >> mitch mcconnell and this permanent political class is the most corrupt and incompetent group of individuals in this country. >> we are declaring war on the republican establishment that does not back the agenda that donald trump ran on and the president of the united states. >> there's a time and season for everything. and right now it's a season of war against a gop establishment. >> you have to...
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it looks to me like mesh mcconnell has been very much the wily fox here. by saying he's not going to hold up funding for homeland security at this time of theories and worries coming at us. at the same times he's making folks deal with the issue of the way the president handled the issue of illegal immigration last fall. >> chris, let's take them one at a time. the fact is it would be crazy to cut off funding to homeland security? we have 17,000 dhs employees in virginia alone, the idea of al shabaab putting out videos, threatening malls, this is not the time to stop funding homeland security. 9 numbers had already been agreed on, this is simply an add-on by the republicans. at the end of the day, whether this plan that the majority leader has put forward, if we end up coming back and the how 1i6r7ly sticks back on the conditions, we have not made brogue. >> by why doesn't the senate just do its job and pass a clean bill? he's up to something here, harry reid. he is doing something here. you guys, especially him, seem to be worried that you have to vote on
it looks to me like mesh mcconnell has been very much the wily fox here. by saying he's not going to hold up funding for homeland security at this time of theories and worries coming at us. at the same times he's making folks deal with the issue of the way the president handled the issue of illegal immigration last fall. >> chris, let's take them one at a time. the fact is it would be crazy to cut off funding to homeland security? we have 17,000 dhs employees in virginia alone, the idea...
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line. >> mitch mcconnell. >> senator mcconnell was the adult here. what would have happened here if he hadn't been there? >> it's amazing, governor, how the republican party's swing to the right is so stark that lou dobbs is now on the more liberal side of this swing. this lou dobbs who you cite now as your establishment support beam. your thoughts. i thought it was a good ad because it played to his strengths. your thoughts. >> absolutely. it's a good ad because he can't run away from the fact he's been in washington for years. don't compromise that. go with it and go with your strength. you're a strong leader and you deliver for kentucky. you remember in '94 which was a republican wave year, ted kennedy survived. in the end, he said, look, i bring things to massachusetts that nobody else can do. and people said, you know, he's right. why would we want to lose him? and in kentucky, the message is going to be twofold. one, mitch mcconnell is a good national leader. but two, he delivers for kentucky. >> let's look at an example, here's ohio governor j
line. >> mitch mcconnell. >> senator mcconnell was the adult here. what would have happened here if he hadn't been there? >> it's amazing, governor, how the republican party's swing to the right is so stark that lou dobbs is now on the more liberal side of this swing. this lou dobbs who you cite now as your establishment support beam. your thoughts. i thought it was a good ad because it played to his strengths. your thoughts. >> absolutely. it's a good ad because he...
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rich mcconnell does. he said we're not going down this path again. >> by the way, we're two to one on that one. it was mcconnell. he did what the president couldn't do. >> he saved it. >> he did. which makes him hard tore beat. >> mitch mcconnell was running things when the government shutdown. he was running things when it was shutdown. mitch mcconnell didn't -- he did what the president and everybody else couldn't do working with harry reid. but ultimately the guys in the house had to decide to surrender. >> can i ask you a political question. let me ask you about this. who wins the primary in the general? >> i think that the primary is going to weaken mcconnell. he's balancing that all the way through. he needed to look tough. >> will he be re-elected? >> i think he's going to lose in the general election. >> i don't think so. i heard your voice weaken. i don't think you believe that. i believe he gets re-elected. the cajones he showed. >> getting rid of him would be a huge mistake. the other thing abo
rich mcconnell does. he said we're not going down this path again. >> by the way, we're two to one on that one. it was mcconnell. he did what the president couldn't do. >> he saved it. >> he did. which makes him hard tore beat. >> mitch mcconnell was running things when the government shutdown. he was running things when it was shutdown. mitch mcconnell didn't -- he did what the president and everybody else couldn't do working with harry reid. but ultimately the guys in...
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and mcconnell has hit back. let's watch the two of them go at it. >> mitch mcconnell and this permanent political class is the most corrupt and incompetent group of individuals in this country. we are declaring war on the republican blem that does nesta that does not back the agenda that donald trump ron on. there. >> is a time and season for everything. and right now it's a season of war against a gop establishment. >> you have to nominate people who can actually win because winners make policy and lose goers home. >> what he is a specialist in is nominating people who lose. >> you know, i was looking at the costuming of mr. steve bannon. i want to have my friend here who is very good at saying. first he wears the army fatigue. he is sensing he is sort of a revolutionary, he has that look, disheveled look. i should say with the black shirt. but he did have it on. what do we make of all that, the costume? >> it's the common man thing. its rumpled clothing. it's the green fatigues or whatever to show that i'm --
and mcconnell has hit back. let's watch the two of them go at it. >> mitch mcconnell and this permanent political class is the most corrupt and incompetent group of individuals in this country. we are declaring war on the republican blem that does nesta that does not back the agenda that donald trump ron on. there. >> is a time and season for everything. and right now it's a season of war against a gop establishment. >> you have to nominate people who can actually win because...
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not just people like mcconnell, but like ted cruz now. we're seeing the entire spectrum of republicans. i would assume all democrats would be on board with something like that. i do think if he did get elected which still is possible, there could be a move, a successful move towards expulsion. >> elise, i want your thoughts on this. you're in the media now. and you know how we all talk in the media. you know our worlds. do you have a sense -- i have a sense that things all come together. snakes come in pairs. that's an old phrase. there is an atmospheric thing that takes over. i think the harvey weinstein thing, kevin spacey thing, all this seems or the pairing up, bunching up if you will into one big somebody better say no. what do you think? >> thing is a huge societal moment. i think that we're actually witnessing human progress in women are coming out and they are airing the allegations, and they are confronting the men who assaulted them. and they're being believed for really the first time in history. it's not immediately being thro
not just people like mcconnell, but like ted cruz now. we're seeing the entire spectrum of republicans. i would assume all democrats would be on board with something like that. i do think if he did get elected which still is possible, there could be a move, a successful move towards expulsion. >> elise, i want your thoughts on this. you're in the media now. and you know how we all talk in the media. you know our worlds. do you have a sense -- i have a sense that things all come together....
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i can hear it. >> well, senator mcconnell's a smart guy. this is the best thing that could happen to mcconnell. he's a prolific fund-raiser. bring reid on. harry i hate coal reid is not a popular message in kentucky. it's not going to play. mcconnell will raise so much money off the fact now grimes is attached to obama, obama care, anti-coal, harry reid, the whole thing, mcconnell will raise loads of money on it. so i'd encourage reid to have more fund-raisers. >> margie, why is harry reid who is a smart politics, he gets reelected no matter what's going on, why is he raising money out in vegas for the. >> because it's a tight race. clearly mitch mcconnell is in trouble. polls show he's unpopular. polls show the race is neck and neck. sometimes he's up, sometimes she's up. he's worried about a primary challenge. clearly he is in trouble. she has a lot of democratic support. they see this as a real race. i would argue if the best thing that happened 0 mitch mcconnell is that his opponent has a big fund-raiser with big democratic support, it'
i can hear it. >> well, senator mcconnell's a smart guy. this is the best thing that could happen to mcconnell. he's a prolific fund-raiser. bring reid on. harry i hate coal reid is not a popular message in kentucky. it's not going to play. mcconnell will raise so much money off the fact now grimes is attached to obama, obama care, anti-coal, harry reid, the whole thing, mcconnell will raise loads of money on it. so i'd encourage reid to have more fund-raisers. >> margie, why is...
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all these races, as mitch mcconnell said are tied. the bottom line is generally they're all going to go almost one way. you have surges at the end. it could come back it's a big republican year in the senate and they're safe, especially if they win florida and north dakota and montana which looks like today they might. >> republicans will be tester -- >> i think those are the four that have better chances than any other state. >> i don't see that. >> there's a difference between having a chance of being successful. what republicans have to worry about and what mitch mcconnell is talking about is, regardless of how weak in the bad territory some of these democrats are running in, they're in places where lower races may help them. gillum may help pull nelson over the line. you have what's going on in tennessee right now. in a wave election you always have people losing who you don't anticipate. if you asked me a month ago does beto o'rourke on beating cruz, i would say no. >> a wave is a wave. >> mitch mcconnell knows if he sits back th
all these races, as mitch mcconnell said are tied. the bottom line is generally they're all going to go almost one way. you have surges at the end. it could come back it's a big republican year in the senate and they're safe, especially if they win florida and north dakota and montana which looks like today they might. >> republicans will be tester -- >> i think those are the four that have better chances than any other state. >> i don't see that. >> there's a difference...
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a wonderful person, mitch mcconnell's wife. i she she ep greated here very young. >> incredibly talented and good at what she does. >> >> her father is a very wealthy guy in taiwan. >> i think it's dog whistle pol things. he's being clever about it. >> that's why he's fallen to last place. give a lot of respect to the west virginia vote are who's see through this. >> they'll reject account term china person. >> thank you, john angkor nel belcher and kimberly atkinss. >> let me finish tonight with trump watch. you're watching "hardball." believe the health we aof our water sourcesany is essential to the health of our communities. which is why we're helping to replenish the mighty rio grande as well as over 30 watersheds across the country. we're also leading water projects in more than 100 communities. and for every drop we use... we're working to give one back. because our products rely on the same thing as we all do... clean water. and we care about it like our business depends on it. (burke) seen it. covered it. we know a thi
a wonderful person, mitch mcconnell's wife. i she she ep greated here very young. >> incredibly talented and good at what she does. >> >> her father is a very wealthy guy in taiwan. >> i think it's dog whistle pol things. he's being clever about it. >> that's why he's fallen to last place. give a lot of respect to the west virginia vote are who's see through this. >> they'll reject account term china person. >> thank you, john angkor nel belcher and...
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mcconnell is taking his threat seriously. today we found out mcconnell wanted to hold a vote on president obama's nominee for the d.c. circuit last week. reid filed for cloture. mcconnell caved on that. it's a concession he made. mcconnell wouldn't be doing that, raising the volume and ratcheting up the pushback on the opposition if he thought harry reid was bluffing. >> my problem with both of you guys i think the problem is the 60 vote thing is this. i can see it on major pieces of legislation like health care. it changes history. even civil rights. i can understand that. if you do it every time like cabinet appointments, who's secretary of commerce or something, you're allowing the fact this country is ever going to have anything more than roughly a 50/50 split. it's always going be around 52 senators, never going to be 62 again. your thought on that, too. i mean, if we're never going to have a thin majority of either party controlling either house you're creating a road block system in the fact if you demand 60 votes. >>
mcconnell is taking his threat seriously. today we found out mcconnell wanted to hold a vote on president obama's nominee for the d.c. circuit last week. reid filed for cloture. mcconnell caved on that. it's a concession he made. mcconnell wouldn't be doing that, raising the volume and ratcheting up the pushback on the opposition if he thought harry reid was bluffing. >> my problem with both of you guys i think the problem is the 60 vote thing is this. i can see it on major pieces of...
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>> bannon's ultimate goal is to get rid of mitch mcconnell. >> what's the point? who is going to be the leader of the republican party? some other establishment guy. >> i don't know if that part has been really thought through actually. but the point is, you know, something that really an mates steve bannon is the war in the republican party that he's now sort of leading his side on. in terms of consequences, this is the type of things that could theoretically put the republican senate majority in jeopardy. >> these guys are going off 90-percenters. what do they want? 100%? do they want right wingers in the senate? is that what bannon wants, right wingers, alt-right people? >> he certainly wants avatars of the trump base. he wants anti-establishment candidates. he wants outsiders and people who are going to support him in his goal of getting rid of mitch mcconnell. >> why does he want to get rid of orrin hatch? what does he want? >> jeff flake in particular has made himself persona nongrat that of the trump for being so critical. >>> steve bannon is encouraging a
>> bannon's ultimate goal is to get rid of mitch mcconnell. >> what's the point? who is going to be the leader of the republican party? some other establishment guy. >> i don't know if that part has been really thought through actually. but the point is, you know, something that really an mates steve bannon is the war in the republican party that he's now sort of leading his side on. in terms of consequences, this is the type of things that could theoretically put the...
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is it the president or the holdouts, the four guys in the hallway or mcconnell? who will decide they will go for broke, risk a vote in the committee, the hope the 11 hold and including fake and go for 50 in the senate? who is going to decide that. >> i think that the ax on a lot of this will end up being mitch mcconnell. this is hardball politics. he will keep people in his party lined up on this. and i think the first pressure will come to bear on jeff flake. he's on the judiciary committee and so he'll have to stand up tomorrow and decide where he's going to be on this and then a lot of pressure over the weekend on the other potential holdouts. collins and murkowski, et cetera. i have a feeling that there is going to be a line vote on this. but i don't know. i'm not -- >> a line vote meaning 50 republicans at least? >> yes. totally. >> well the pressure on flake would be if he ever wants to run for office again in arizona, the smart move is to vote for the nomination. you want to be a republican at last moment. >> i suppose so. but nobody knows where the republ
is it the president or the holdouts, the four guys in the hallway or mcconnell? who will decide they will go for broke, risk a vote in the committee, the hope the 11 hold and including fake and go for 50 in the senate? who is going to decide that. >> i think that the ax on a lot of this will end up being mitch mcconnell. this is hardball politics. he will keep people in his party lined up on this. and i think the first pressure will come to bear on jeff flake. he's on the judiciary...
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and i don't believe that rushing through -- trying to ram this through, as mcconnell is trying to do, trying to show that his devotion is first and foremost to the president rather than to the constitution is going to work, as dave just said. the overwhelming majority of people in this country believe there should be a fair trial. they want witnesses. they want evidence put on. as the senate weighs the decision of whether to remove this president from office for abusing his power, for soliciting involvement of a foreign government in our elections. all of that is what everyone knows. the pressure, i think, will only increase on the republican senators to recognize that they're actually -- they may think they're helping donald trump. they're doing an enormous disservice, obviously, to the country, but they're going to wind up hurting themselves as well. >> the choir is with you, congressman. the people outside the church don't want to hear this stuff. they're walking past the church. thank you both as always. >> thank you. >>> mike pompeo and mike pence, i've got a big one for these gu
and i don't believe that rushing through -- trying to ram this through, as mcconnell is trying to do, trying to show that his devotion is first and foremost to the president rather than to the constitution is going to work, as dave just said. the overwhelming majority of people in this country believe there should be a fair trial. they want witnesses. they want evidence put on. as the senate weighs the decision of whether to remove this president from office for abusing his power, for...
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we know what mitch mcconnell said. we also know that was the republican play book. pass this tax scam, increase the debt by $2 trillion, and then oh, my gosh, let's scream bloody murder, now we're going to have to go over so-called entitlements. >> exactly. all we care about is deficits. i'm sorry. tell us the message. i don't want to get in your way. what's the best democratic argument to get people to vote democrat two weeks from tomorrow? >> it's exactly what you just said. we are yelling and screaming in a polite midwestern way about what mitch mcconnell said. he wants to now address this $2 trillion debt on the backs of seniors who are recipients of social security. our parents and our grandparents who are on medicare, that's his answer to the $2 trillion debt now. we're talking about in every single one of these race that's we're running all throughout the country. and so maybe it's not coming from washington, d.c. constantly, but it is here in illinois, in iowa, it's in kentucky, it's in southern illinois. it's all over the place. we are talking about it loud
we know what mitch mcconnell said. we also know that was the republican play book. pass this tax scam, increase the debt by $2 trillion, and then oh, my gosh, let's scream bloody murder, now we're going to have to go over so-called entitlements. >> exactly. all we care about is deficits. i'm sorry. tell us the message. i don't want to get in your way. what's the best democratic argument to get people to vote democrat two weeks from tomorrow? >> it's exactly what you just said. we...
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mitch mcconnell is facing criticism. mcconnell is hoping to have a revised version of the health care bill by friday. he is still trying. according to nbc news's latest the count, at least eight senators remain opposed to the republican plan. when it comes to the president's help, the "new york times" and "washington post" report the majority leader and other republicans are keeping president trump at arms' length. that's interesting. according to the "new york times," trump teams tactics have been ineffective in the senate and they've made it known they he would rather negotiate with mr. pence, the v.p. they are also reporting on capitol hill trump is not taken seriously. they're exhausted at times, exasperated by his hopscotching from one subject to the next and they have come to regard some of his threats as empty. including that crossing the president posing little danger. when you have a 35% approval rating and you're under fbi investigation, you don't have a hammer. when an off camera press briefing are pushed back
mitch mcconnell is facing criticism. mcconnell is hoping to have a revised version of the health care bill by friday. he is still trying. according to nbc news's latest the count, at least eight senators remain opposed to the republican plan. when it comes to the president's help, the "new york times" and "washington post" report the majority leader and other republicans are keeping president trump at arms' length. that's interesting. according to the "new york...
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"mcconnell did not push any choice on the president." but the report goes on to add that mcconnell did note that slard hardiman and kethledge could fare well because they were not as charged as the presidents's short list of others. senator, i love to have you here. i love to have a senator here. you know the feeling whenever he talks to each other. would we be better off with the old 60-vote requirement where you have to have some kind of bipartisan consensus to get anybody through? wasn't that a better system? >> i've been a critic of the filibuster, but i always thought that it made sense for the supreme court. i didn't mind getting rid of it for the lower courts for presidential appointees. and i also frankly don't mind a conversation about reforming it for legislation. but when it comes to the supreme court, a lifetime appointment, especially now that presidents are picking people in their 40s and 50s -- >> forever. >> yeah. it certainly seems -- >> do you agree with that, as the philosopher and the column writer? >> yeah, actually,
"mcconnell did not push any choice on the president." but the report goes on to add that mcconnell did note that slard hardiman and kethledge could fare well because they were not as charged as the presidents's short list of others. senator, i love to have you here. i love to have a senator here. you know the feeling whenever he talks to each other. would we be better off with the old 60-vote requirement where you have to have some kind of bipartisan consensus to get anybody through?...
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who won, who lost with mcconnell, mitch mcconnell rebuking elizabeth warren? who won nthat fight? >> mcconnell, keeping the vote going for session tonight. elizabeth warren wins because her e-mail list is bigger, her fund-raising has more money in her account. >> who was right? who was right? >> elizabeth warren. >> okay. tell me why. >> absolutely, elizabeth warren wins and the country wins because her -- just the appearance of the way he spoke to her and what he said and then you turn on the television this morning, and you see male pundit after pundit saying it has nothing to do with the fact that she's a woman, it doesn't matter, it's just that his constituents don't like her. it does matter. >> how do they know? i go into this thing with dunninger, this thing about reading minds. judges tell me they can read trump's mind. >> you can't read anyone's mind but there's something you learn in the law that it is not just -- >> i agree. >> you can't always tell intent but if tsh. >> i agree with you. michelle, would never said ted kennedy -- they would have never told him to shut up
who won, who lost with mcconnell, mitch mcconnell rebuking elizabeth warren? who won nthat fight? >> mcconnell, keeping the vote going for session tonight. elizabeth warren wins because her e-mail list is bigger, her fund-raising has more money in her account. >> who was right? who was right? >> elizabeth warren. >> okay. tell me why. >> absolutely, elizabeth warren wins and the country wins because her -- just the appearance of the way he spoke to her and what he...
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it's grimes 46, mcconnell, 44. five weeks ago, mcconnell was leading by four. she's picked up six points in a couple of weeks. with sleep number >>> welcome back to "hardball." today by declining to take up the issue of gay marriage, the u.s. supreme court set in motion a tidal wave of action. at this time yesterday gay marriage was legal in 19 states plus the district of columbia. this morning, the supreme court rejected appeal cases from five states, meaning that lower court decisions go into effect immediately. that means the court's action instantly makes gay marriage legal in the following five states. utah, oklahoma, wisconsin, indiana, and virginia. and as a result of today's action, marriage will soon be legal in six other states that are included in the federal appeals court ruling. they are wyoming, colorado, kansas, north carolina, south carolina, and west virginia. and that's a dramatic change. gay marriage will be legal in 30 states plus d.c. thanks to the supreme court's decision today, or refusal to take up the case in virginia, same-sex marriage
it's grimes 46, mcconnell, 44. five weeks ago, mcconnell was leading by four. she's picked up six points in a couple of weeks. with sleep number >>> welcome back to "hardball." today by declining to take up the issue of gay marriage, the u.s. supreme court set in motion a tidal wave of action. at this time yesterday gay marriage was legal in 19 states plus the district of columbia. this morning, the supreme court rejected appeal cases from five states, meaning that lower...
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mitch mcconnell realizes he's between a rock and a very hard place in his state right now. and particularly in this primary. he's also looking at a general election challenger who can be very effective against him. in a state like michigan, it's not a fore gone conclusion that a mitch mcconnell would get re-elected if he's too badly bruised going into that campaign. >> i was out with a bunch of people, i think a lot of them were liberals. i was speaking at a literary group not a bad assumption. >> we read too. >> but allison lundgren is ahead by points and holding. thank you so much, michael steele and michelle goldberg. >>> up next, newt gingrich and ted cruz were blasted by their own supporters. it seems they can't stop the absolute right from giving the absolute right a chance to say something true. that mandela was a hero. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> well, the two republican candidates knitted that unsuccessful ticket for a governor and lieutenant governor of virginia have very different plans for their futures. ken cuccinelli who lost by two and a h
mitch mcconnell realizes he's between a rock and a very hard place in his state right now. and particularly in this primary. he's also looking at a general election challenger who can be very effective against him. in a state like michigan, it's not a fore gone conclusion that a mitch mcconnell would get re-elected if he's too badly bruised going into that campaign. >> i was out with a bunch of people, i think a lot of them were liberals. i was speaking at a literary group not a bad...
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for knocking out mitch mcconnell. >> guess who catered chelsea's wedding? >> bill lundegran, alison's father. >> i love this because it's all the connections that make so much sense and nobody ever hears about them. thank you. excellent name on st. patrick's week. >>> get your pencils ready. when we return, i'm going to tell you what you can do for victims of gun violence in this country, especially those kids up in newtown, connecticut. you can do something. it's not hard. it's doable. you do it tonight. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. but what you taste is the fruit. so even you... could've had a v8. a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. ♪ after all, what's the point of talking if you don't h
for knocking out mitch mcconnell. >> guess who catered chelsea's wedding? >> bill lundegran, alison's father. >> i love this because it's all the connections that make so much sense and nobody ever hears about them. thank you. excellent name on st. patrick's week. >>> get your pencils ready. when we return, i'm going to tell you what you can do for victims of gun violence in this country, especially those kids up in newtown, connecticut. you can do something. it's not...
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now they're turning out against mcconnell. >> so the real enemy is mcconnell, but it may also be rand paul. here is another point of view, gentlemen. "the washington examiner," a conservative newspaper wrote today that the anger cruz embodies in his soul and body i suppose represents many of the republican base. anyway, quote, here is what he had to say there are a lot of republicans, it's not clear how many, but a significant portion of the party's base that cheers cruz on when he battles with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. they want to see a republican throw a wrench into the washington spending machine, even if it creates chaos and damages the gop's standing with independent voters. and it is that conviction that is really behind the party's problems. it's why republicans would not enjoy smooth sailing even if cruz were to retire tomorrow. i'm not so sure that is true. i think people matter, mr. latourette. i'm one of those who believes that history is run by certain people that if there wasn't a charles degaulle, france would look very different today. if there wasn't a r
now they're turning out against mcconnell. >> so the real enemy is mcconnell, but it may also be rand paul. here is another point of view, gentlemen. "the washington examiner," a conservative newspaper wrote today that the anger cruz embodies in his soul and body i suppose represents many of the republican base. anyway, quote, here is what he had to say there are a lot of republicans, it's not clear how many, but a significant portion of the party's base that cheers cruz on when...
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led by the senate's top republican mitch mcconnell who opened fire on the ted cruz wing of the party in the wall street journal. in an interview with peggy noonan, mcconnell blasts the extremists in his party for both their views and tactics. he says, quote, the most important election tuesday wasn't the governor of new jersey and it wasn't the governor of virginia. it was the special election for congress in south alabama. where a candidate who said the shutdown was a great idea, the president was born in kenya, and that he opposed speaker boehner came in second. ron reagan is an msnbc political analyst, michael crowley is the deputy d.c. bureau chief at "time" magazine which features governor christie on its cover this week. michael, a naive question. why didn't rick perry reference chris christie? what's going on there? >> he doesn't like him. he doesn't like that brand of politics. he thinks he's a squishy moderate. as to a lot of conservative republicans. i think chris christie has a big problem with the base of his party. >> with regard to tuesday, ron, is it clear that as betw
led by the senate's top republican mitch mcconnell who opened fire on the ted cruz wing of the party in the wall street journal. in an interview with peggy noonan, mcconnell blasts the extremists in his party for both their views and tactics. he says, quote, the most important election tuesday wasn't the governor of new jersey and it wasn't the governor of virginia. it was the special election for congress in south alabama. where a candidate who said the shutdown was a great idea, the president...
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just today we heard that mcconnell wanted to hold a vote this week and mcconnell caved on it. it's a concession that he made. mcconnell wouldn't be doing that, raising the volume if he thought harry reid were bluffing. >> my problem with both of you guys, i think the problem with the 60 vote thing is this. i can see it on major piece of legislation like health care, because it changes history, or even civil rights. i understand that. but if you do it every time, like cabinet appointments, you're basically allowing the fact that this country is never going to have anything more than a roughly 50/50 split. it's always going to be around 55 senators. it's never going to be 62 again. you know what i mean? your thought on that, too. if we never have a thin majority, either party controlling either house, you're creating a road block system in the fact if you keep demanding 60 votes. >> it's an entirely different conversation when you're talking about legislation with nominees. all cabinet nominees are temporary. legislation is permanent. a lot of democrats, many of them aren't sayi
just today we heard that mcconnell wanted to hold a vote this week and mcconnell caved on it. it's a concession that he made. mcconnell wouldn't be doing that, raising the volume if he thought harry reid were bluffing. >> my problem with both of you guys, i think the problem with the 60 vote thing is this. i can see it on major piece of legislation like health care, because it changes history, or even civil rights. i understand that. but if you do it every time, like cabinet appointments,...
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he tries doing that to mitch mcconnell. hello, mr. trump. there are people here in washington who have equally as big egos and they don't work for you. congress doesn't work for you. it's a fundamental revealing of a civic misunderstanding of the separation of powers here in washington and how you get things done. very different from being the so family business. >> we won't do the deal. you're going to be poor. he doesn't pay bills. but now he's asking people to do stuff for him. it's a totally different transaction, jason. >> he doesn't have the power. he doesn't have the knowledge of the city yet to cower people into control the way he used to. when senators walked into george bush's office, what did he do to trent lott? he demonstrated if you don't get along with my program, even if you don't like me and don't like karl rove, i can demonstrate power. trump hasn't been able to do that. >> if he knocks off jeff flakes ne next year. >> he does it in such a public way of bullying these people such that news reports get out or he does it over
he tries doing that to mitch mcconnell. hello, mr. trump. there are people here in washington who have equally as big egos and they don't work for you. congress doesn't work for you. it's a fundamental revealing of a civic misunderstanding of the separation of powers here in washington and how you get things done. very different from being the so family business. >> we won't do the deal. you're going to be poor. he doesn't pay bills. but now he's asking people to do stuff for him. it's a...
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he needs mcconnell. if he can get mcconnell and a couple senate republicans, then -- >> what about the body of 40 or so tea partiers who are holdouts. how does he reach them? the ones necessary for any kind of majority? >> he doesn't necessarily need them. if he can get senate republicans, then -- >> is that his game right now to go around his hard core right? >> it is. because then the hard core right isn't just blaming john boehner for all the troubles of the world. they're also -- >> can he allow the house of representatives to work its will with the minority of republicans? >> yes, he can. >> glen, is this your view? if we get a sol lux next week it's probably because a speaker allows a minority of republicans, maybe less than 100, to agree with some 120 democrats and out of that will be a deal because it came through the senate somehow that they both had to go that way. is that how it looks like it will develop here? >> that was the undercurrent to what harry reid said today is if this guy opens thi
he needs mcconnell. if he can get mcconnell and a couple senate republicans, then -- >> what about the body of 40 or so tea partiers who are holdouts. how does he reach them? the ones necessary for any kind of majority? >> he doesn't necessarily need them. if he can get senate republicans, then -- >> is that his game right now to go around his hard core right? >> it is. because then the hard core right isn't just blaming john boehner for all the troubles of the world....
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senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, he weighed in on bannon's statement today. let's watch that. >> steve bannon in a new book is report today have said contact and placed meetings between trump associates and russians is treasonous. do you agree with steve bannon? >> i like to associate myself with what president trump had to say yesterday. >> according to a -- they appeared to tweet a welcome. it shows senator mcconnell smiling to the camera. a clear celebration of victory there. let me ask you about that. mitch mcconnell is thrilled. he doesn't like steve bannon. thinks he's a nuisance there. what's this going to mean to them in 2018, does that improve mcconnell's ability to get an agenda through and what agenda would that be. is there something that can easily pass. >> well, the fact that bannon has been pushed aside, marginalized, is a good thing for everyone and the country. i think there is a challenge for our party, and it was this. it was the substance of the article. there are a lot of things stated in that article about the president's impulsiveness,
senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, he weighed in on bannon's statement today. let's watch that. >> steve bannon in a new book is report today have said contact and placed meetings between trump associates and russians is treasonous. do you agree with steve bannon? >> i like to associate myself with what president trump had to say yesterday. >> according to a -- they appeared to tweet a welcome. it shows senator mcconnell smiling to the camera. a clear celebration of...
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republicans mcconnell and others who stepped aside from this man, mr. moore, who had had this long history of being a child predator. i will just say this, as you well know in the judiciary committee i question about the women who made charges against mr. trump, and i want them to have a place to have their complaints heard. i asked the deputy attorney general can these women who have never been heard from a president who said he would sue them and he has never done so and he is a chief law enforcement officer, i think the department of justice should open an investigation on the complaints of these women if they make that complaint to the doj. i have indicated in my public statement as a deputy attorney general said that they can do that. >> well, another big loser is donald trump ally steve bannon who campaigned repeatedly for moore, for roy moore. josh holmes, a former top aide to mitch mcconnell, said the results yesterday should be a wake-up call for the republicans. he told "the washington post," it should be a hurricane siren for every republican
republicans mcconnell and others who stepped aside from this man, mr. moore, who had had this long history of being a child predator. i will just say this, as you well know in the judiciary committee i question about the women who made charges against mr. trump, and i want them to have a place to have their complaints heard. i asked the deputy attorney general can these women who have never been heard from a president who said he would sue them and he has never done so and he is a chief law...
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he's the -- he's called the mcconnell whisperer. the guy -- >> the horse whisperer. >> yeah. the guy who can deal with mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader, who's a real hard ass as you know. but biden can sit down with him and say, one for you, one for me, we're going to cut a deal. >> what did mcconnell say? >> mcconnell said, as long as you don't raise taxes, i'll go along with it. >> but you can never sell that, as you point out, to pelosi wing of the party. the hardcore of 150, 180 democrats are not going to sign on to any deal that doesn't have some kind of balance with revenues and spending cuts. >> but if you dig into the -- this as i spent 18 months doing and talked to the president, talked to the republicans, talked to speaker boehner, they all feel that they can get, you know, if they agree on something and they go out and stand before the microphones and the cameras and say, this is the deal, this is in the interest of the country in the long run, that people will swallow some of that dogma. but they never got to that point and so now we're dancing on the
he's the -- he's called the mcconnell whisperer. the guy -- >> the horse whisperer. >> yeah. the guy who can deal with mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader, who's a real hard ass as you know. but biden can sit down with him and say, one for you, one for me, we're going to cut a deal. >> what did mcconnell say? >> mcconnell said, as long as you don't raise taxes, i'll go along with it. >> but you can never sell that, as you point out, to pelosi wing of the...
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but mitch mcconnell spoke the truth. the republicans do want to reform these entitlement programs, but from a political standpoint it couldn't have come at a worse time. every republican running for congress right now is running on protect entitlements, the opposition wants to ruin them and then mitch mcconnell says we need to think about this tough stuff. >> what did we learn from 2016, trump supporters, republican voters, don't want those programs touched either. there's a big gulf between the elite of the republican party in washington that preaches reform and the voters who say i like these programs. >> george will said americans are conservative, they want to conservative the new deal. >>> the round table sticking with us. these three will tell me something i don't know up next. republicans are going after medicare, social security, and medicaid. you're watching "hardball." ank m highest in investor satisfaction with full service brokerage firms...again. and online equity trades are only $4.95... i mean you can't ha
but mitch mcconnell spoke the truth. the republicans do want to reform these entitlement programs, but from a political standpoint it couldn't have come at a worse time. every republican running for congress right now is running on protect entitlements, the opposition wants to ruin them and then mitch mcconnell says we need to think about this tough stuff. >> what did we learn from 2016, trump supporters, republican voters, don't want those programs touched either. there's a big gulf...
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and the family of his wife, transportation secretary elaine chao. >> trump mitch mcconnell has created jobs for millions of china people. while doing so, mitch has gotten rich. in fact, his china family has given him tens of millions of dollars. the war to drain the swamp and create jobs for west virginia people has begun. i will beat joe manchin and ditch cocaine mitch. >> this is how bad its gotten. today trump weighed in on the race, tweeting don blankenship currently running for senate can't win the general election in your state, no way. remember alabama? blankenship fired back at a town hall today. >> it's really sad that the pressure on the president and the misinformation and the untruths that he has been given would cause him to suggest that you vote for two guys that have failed you, because i will not fail you. >> he also told west virginiians only he can outtrump trump. let's listen to that. >> while west virginia really loves trump, it's his policies that they love. i'm basically trumpier than trump when it comes to those policies, but i'm a much more mild mannered and muc
and the family of his wife, transportation secretary elaine chao. >> trump mitch mcconnell has created jobs for millions of china people. while doing so, mitch has gotten rich. in fact, his china family has given him tens of millions of dollars. the war to drain the swamp and create jobs for west virginia people has begun. i will beat joe manchin and ditch cocaine mitch. >> this is how bad its gotten. today trump weighed in on the race, tweeting don blankenship currently running for...